Rammed earth walls, reclaimed timber banding, and a garden thick with columnar cacti, agave, and bougainvillea announce Hotel Escondido Oaxaca's governing logic before you step inside: this is a property that treats the landscape and the building as a single continuous material. Tucked into a residential street in Oaxaca's historic centro, the hotel was developed by the same group behind Hotel Escondido Puerto Escondido, and it carries that coastal property's commitment to handmade texture and deliberate slowness into a highland colonial context. The architecture layers two registers — a new rammed-earth and board-formed concrete volume alongside a restored colonial structure whose arched doorways and lime-washed walls survive with their patina deliberately intact. Guest rooms in the newer wing wrap walls and ceilings in pale pine boards left unsealed, the grain warm against green encaustic tile floors; pendant lights on bare cords and woven palm headboards keep the atmosphere closer to a thoughtfully assembled casita than a hotel room. The restaurant sits within the colonial building, its high barrel-vaulted ceiling flaking terracotta plaster, brass wall sconces throwing warm pools of light across long oak tables set with matte black barro negro ceramics — the local Oaxacan pottery tradition given a quietly ceremonial role. A timber-decked plunge pool wrapped by mature trees completes the sense that the property has grown from its site rather than been placed upon it.

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Escondido Oaxaca is part of Grupo Habita, a collection of hotels whose history, architecture and design provide a unique experience for its clients. Located in Oaxaca, one of the most culturally rich places in Mexico, it represents the cultural roots, uses and customs of this emblematic city. We have recovered the Casona to house the restaurant bar, "Culture Room", a reading and co-working room, the main patio and four rooms. At the back of the Hotel, a contemporary tower has been added with eight more rooms (two with patios and six with balconies). A mix of old and new; honoring the great wealth of Oaxaca: the savoir-faire of its artisans. From architecture to signature crafts, from contemporary design to tradition, more than a Hotel, Escondido Oaxaca is a work of art, oriented to satisfy the experience of each of our guests. We care about every detail of the Hotel, looking for authenticity and balance.